fields of interest:Criminal Law: Justifications of Punishment, Theoretical Foundation of Criminal Liability, Criminal Law Defenses, Constitutional Restraints on Criminal Liability, Human Dignity and the Criminal law, The Overuse of the Criminal Law in Time of Crisis.

Main:

Education andAcademic Appointments

LL.B. Faculty of Law, Hebrew University (first in class)

1975

D. Jur. Faculty of Law, Hebrew University (summa cum laude)

1981

Full Professor

2003

Service at Other Academic Institutions

Visiting Fellow, University College, Oxford, England

1984-1985

Visiting Scholar, University of California Berkeley, USA

2001-2003

Grants and Prizes

The Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities

1989-1992

Rabin center for Israeli Research

2001-2003

GIF – German Israeli Foundation

2006-2009

Sussman’s Prize for best legal publication of the year

1985

The Israeli bar's prize for special academic achievements

2005

Main administrative positions

Vice Dean

1988-1990

Authority for Research Students in Humanities, Social Sciences and

Law (chairperson since 1997)

1991-1999

Sacher Institute for Legislative Research (Director)

2003-2004

Academic Disciplinary Prosecutor

2004-2006

Vice Rector

2006

Recent Publications

Conflict of Laws at the Criminal Law: Duress under International Criminal Law as a Test-Case, Essays on Law in Honour of Levontin, 477-498 (2013) (in Hebrew)
“Human Dignity of Offenders: a Limitation on Substantive Criminal Law” Journal of Criminal Law and Philosophy (2012)
Constitutional Control of Criminal Prohibitions Affecting Human Dignity or Liberty: German and Israeli Perspectives" (together with Thomas Weigend) 44 Isr. L. Rev. 2011, 63-90, (2011)
"The Protection of Human Dignity in Interrogations – Reflections in Light of Recent German and Israeli Experiences" (together with Florian Jessberger), 44 Isr. L. Rev. 229-262 (2011)
"Justifying the Distinction between Justifications and Excuses" 5 Journal of Criminal Law and Philosophy, 293-313 (2011)